Saturday, May 03, 2008

Tennis News -
At U-16 Asia-Oceania Davis Cup Qualifying Tournament, New Delhi, India

Final -
India bt Japan 3-0

Saurabh Singh (IND) bt Motoaki Kita (JPN) 62 36 61
Yuki Bhambri (IND) bt Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) 64 61
Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Saurabh Singh (IND) bt Motoaki Kita (JPN)/ Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) W/O

Heartily congratulation for team India for winning Asia Oceania Junior Davis Cup tournament and grabbing top-4 seedings at Mexico ... This is second time we won this Asia Oceania Junior Davis Cup qualifying tournament, before that Rupesh, Jeevan and Sanam achieved that in 2004 ... And our team finished on 7th position in 2004 world group, that was our best finish.

This time also Indian team will be going out with huge confidence for the finals at San Luis Potosi, Mexico from 23- 28 September and hopefully Yuki and Saurabh better our best performance.

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At $15k Korea F1 futures, Gimcheon

[SF] (4) RASTOGI Karan (IND)/ KEDRYUK Alexey (KAZ) bt (1) FEENEY Adam (AUS)/ GROTH Samuel (AUS) W/O

[F] (4) RASTOGI Karan (IND)/ KEDRYUK Alexey (KAZ) bt (3) ARMSTRONG Miles (AUS)/ EBDEN Matthew (AUS) 64 36 10(7)

Karan won another doubles title, this time at Korean F1 with Alexey ... They received walkover from top seed Australian in semis, but won final in the super-tiebreak against third seed Australian pair.
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At $ 25k Balikpapan Challenger, Indonesia

[F] (2) LAKHANI Isha (IND,338) vs LERTCHEEWAKARN Noppawan (THA,691)

16 yrs old Thai Noppawan Lertchewakarn defeated top seed local girl Sandy Gumulya to book final with Isha.
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Hockey News -
At the Darwin 4 Nations Tournament, Australia

India l Australia 0-1

Goal Scored - Jamie Dwyer (AUS) 49'

India lost against Australia by a single goal, but China surprised Kore 3-1 to grab of playing final against Australia ... So we r facing Korea for 3rd position, who defeated India easily in both matches.

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